Our bureau New Delhi, September 4 Indian farmers and traders enjoying premium in the world basmati rice markets due to the geographical indications (GI) status of the aromatic, long-grained cereal have come up against Madhya Pradesh’s “unjustified bid” to partake in the success. While the Chennai-based GI Registry is shortly[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, May 30: As per the forecast of India Meteorological Department (IMD) about two weeks back, southwest monsoon has set over Kerala coast today , a couple of days earlier than usual arrival in the first week of June. This will give boost to kharif (summer) crops[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Apr 18: In major boost to farm sector, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today predicted ‘normal’ rainfall for the monsoon this year at 96% of the benchmark Long Period Average (LPA), with a model error of ± 5%. According to IMD Director General K J Ramesh,[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Feb 15: Thanks to normal monsoon rains last year and more than normal crop sowing, India’s foodgrain production in 2016-17 crop year is estimated to increase by 8% to record 272 million tonne (mt) from the previous year. According to the second advance estimates of production[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Jan 6: Demonetisation has not impacted the rabi or winter crops — wheat, pulses, oilseeds and coarse cereals sowing in the country. The area sown till today was 60.2 million hectares, up more than 6% from the comparable period last year and more than 2.7% higher[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Dec 12: In a major relief to consumers, the retail prices of pulses, particularly tur (arhar), which had skyrocketed earlier this year, have started to soften across major cities in the last couple of weeks, following the arrivals of Kharif output in the mandis in key[…]

Sandip Das New Delhi, Oct 16: The Rajasthan government’s project to give a facelift to 5,000-odd fair price shops in the state through collaboration with the country’s largest retailer Future group has ensured extra incomes for owners of these stores, besides providing villagers in remote areas access quality FMCG goods[…]

Sandip Das New Delhi, Sept 21: Notwithstanding considerable progress in seeding of ration cards with unique identification numbers or aadhaar of the beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) which had lead to weeding out of duplicate cards from the public distribution system, the government is now faced with[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Aug 1: With most parts of the country getting ‘normal’ or ‘excess’ rainfall during first half of monsoon season (June-July), India Meteorological Department (IMD) today stated that rainfall during second half (August – September) would be ‘above normal’ at 107% of benchmark – Long Period Average[…]

Our bureau Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh), June 22: Shambhu Singh, from Sonpur village who has around 46 acre of agricultural land, is quite upbeat and prepared land for kharif soyabean crop, which would be sown shortly with the onset of monsoon. Many farmers like Singh in this village are optimists about[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Jun 3: The Indian cabinet has approved a moderate hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 60 to Rs 1,470 per quintal for the 2016-17 kharif season while deciding to provide a significant rise in MSP for pulses to the farmers mainly[…]

Our bureau New Delhi, Jun 3: After two successive years of deficient monsoon (2014 and 2015), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reiterated its earlier April prediction by stating that southwest monsoon would be ‘above normal’ rainfall at 106% of the benchmark Long Period Average (LPA), with a model error[…]